Israel is subjecting Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank to a campaign of systematic ethnic cleansing, a human rights group has said.
Since the beginning of the year, Israel has killed 20 children in the West Bank.
In the latest case – on Sunday – Israeli soldiers shot three Palestinian children, including two with American citizenship – in the town of Turmusaya. One of the three died as a result.
The town’s mayor said the three boys were picking green almonds from a field near Route 60 – a highway used by Israeli settlers that crosses the West Bank.
Palestinian American Amer Rabee, 14, was killed by Israeli fire.
Israeli soldiers shot his 15-year-old friend Ayoub Jabar, also an American citizen, and he was placed in intensive care following the attack. Their friend Abdulrahman Shihada, 15, was hospitalized as well. ….more
